Workin on top

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bingsbaits
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2010/04/23 15:53:38 (permalink)

Workin on top

Headed back to Oil Creek for another go at those risers...
Fished down stream aways with a couple different nymph patterns.
Missed a couple...
Started to see some risers so I tied on a #18 Deer Hair Caddis I had tied up the night before....
I know 1 thing going back and forth with the Spinning and Fly rod is killing me..
The first two takes on top were met with the same hookset I was using Yesterday fishing for Pike.... Broke off both of them....
 
Started casting to some rising fish in really skinny water and was able to really watch how the fish react to casting and the flies going overhead..
 
Stood there for two hours picking off fish..Once I quit slamming the hookset, I ended up with 6 fish to hand and missed twice that many before they were done giving me another lesson....
 
Gotta like that take on top.....Addicting....
 
Little Brownie..
 

"There is a pleasure in Angling that no one knows but the Angler himself". WB
 
 


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    mohawksyd
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    RE: Workin on top 2010/04/23 15:59:33 (permalink)
    I'd hate to see what you become when you are a "grizzled veteran" fly fisherman.

    "For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught...but what he has caught when he has caught no fish." - John H. Bradley

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    clinchknot
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    RE: Workin on top 2010/04/23 16:07:43 (permalink)
    Yup, same reason I use topwater stuff a lot bass fishing. Love to see that strike.

    I don't give a crap if anybody listens to me or not.
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    BloodyHand
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    RE: Workin on top 2010/04/23 19:58:09 (permalink)
    Oh No, I'm in trouble for the oil creek outing. I didnt understand a word you just said.
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    dano
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    RE: Workin on top 2010/04/23 23:53:35 (permalink)
    Bings
    14-16-18 grannom caddis (black or charcoal)
    14 olive caddis
    16 green caddis just starting.
    16-18 yellow craneflies
    Hendrickson's and blue quills on the upper end.
     
    Those are the bugs that the fish are taking on that crick.
    A lot of fish are taking emergers an inch or two below the surface. You'll see kind of a bulge on the surface.  
     
    I'm on the creek a bit. I'm surprised we haven't crossed paths.
     
    I get a little heavy handed,too.
    I broke three off on Monday. One was a nice fat pally.
     
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    Mr.Slickfish
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    RE: Workin on top 2010/04/24 00:02:31 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: BloodyHand

    Oh No, I'm in trouble for the oil creek outing. I didnt understand a word you just said.



    Between Bings and Dano...I'm in trouble too

    I don't always snag fish, but when I do...
    I choose Little Cleos

    I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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